Maine game wardens found an Alexander couple Thursday afternoon who had been missing for days – one had died and the other was hypothermic but conscious.
Game Warden Jake Voter found 72-year-old Pamela Helmstadter in a forested area more than a mile from her home around 2:30 p.m., the Maine Warden Service said in an evening statement. She had been missing for more than three days.
Another warden, Kayle Hamilton, located the body of Pamela’s husband, 82-year-old John Helmstadter, about a half hour later, roughly 200 yards from where his wife was located, the service said. It was not immediately clear when he died.
Pamela was “severely hypothermic,” with a body temperature of 90.7 when authorities found her, the service said. Her dog, a black lab named Lucy, was by her side.